New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-22

lHe ppoNc shetcn Will give some luea VI no
lhlslIc appearance anu wilI suggest ~ any Uiio
IainlIiar WIIn yacit iOrnls now wlley she uiuel5
from the CATER mou,ls seen here. . ernais moie
than an Innovation she REPRESENTS an eAaegeraAVn
vi previous lenuentles uliere quite as much
IN moGel from the ordinary cutter does tho
volunteer from the usual sloop-the Priscilla, foe
Instance. The greatest draft is where the stern
post meets the Keel, and from tnat point tLo
keel is carried with slight rise to almost amid
ships, and then rises at greater angc until IL
merges into the curve OF the bow.
1he forefoot is cut away TO q surprising extent;
this the feature which provoked the most
adverse Criticism. 1t SAID that in jump
Of a sea VIXEN she lifted her DOW would prevent
her from being held up TO wIndward work. But
nothing succeeds like success. That bow has
done wonderfully well on the other side, and IL
IL shows ahead OF the Volunteers in any thing Like
breeze, critics will admlIc 1t as much as they
now deprecate it AT all events IL test,iies I'd
the bold originality Of the man WHO designed IL.
To the ordinary observer 1t is dangerous looking
bow, % sharp the nose Of a sword fsh-a bow
that will slice through the water without making
much fuss about IT.. In the GeBesta and Gaiatea
and other well-known eaters the greatest dssis
is usually a little aft OF amidships and ffom
thence the keel rounds mp 70 the stsrnpost, pro-
ducing what is usus lily called the rocker keel"
which has been adopted with some modification
in most of the recently constructed sloops. But
continuing the downward tendency OF the Keel
10 the stern post shows another Watsonian de-
parture. The great stretch of keci triangular
shaped, right aft locks like huge fin stationary
centreboard, and explains the phenomenal quick
ness of the Thistle in stays. She revoives on 10
as would an inverted pyramid on its roint.
The blge is about a foot below
the watcriinc. It is almost impossible to tll
where the carbOarls end and the keel begins, 50
beautifully and imrcrcepubly do they merge
throughout. Her lines are exceedingly graceful
There. are no sharp turns angles about her.
THE QUESTION OF DISPLACEMENT
Amidships she is more hcllowed out in the biIgo
tian was the Ccncsta or Cilss,ea, giving her Jiie
appearance OF beng eAcee,ungV small Deneatn
.nc e.Hne, Causing some criLics " eApess tne
.piuIon tilaC unerc wash enough Dciow the
"aterniIc w Cdiry ner canvas ana neaNy spas5
"itu cniecnSy. DuI IL 10 "a uiinvulC matter ~
guess at u,si aceuAcnI; app,arances apt 10
&c ucceptiNc, anu A. Cay onnIn naL4aideu Lie
opiLivn JiIaI snc would De lvunu " nave abou5
10 uispiacenicnG as thc OaIauca. AZ
KNOWN, OF coursc, that she spleaaS great deal
uiorc canvas. ALI united ln auInifIhg
entrance ana remarkably clean run ait
captain EiIswVrLn saId vi aiter cycling
her anu ait, top ana bottom:
snaIi no. SURPRISED a little
sped Voiunveer r1niis De.ore tne ~ind, Lus
eAPOII hountccr wiii niOre usner-
enco gvvu Al Deaans to wiIlu~aAQ, cSye.isIy
s ANY tul.g VI q ana sea siiaA ioieiovs VI
away, uon seo Aow slc ean ve .ios,
% tue WIND wucn sne pi,cnes. tninA snc wni sai
Lsns Wi4d. suolLu not Dc suApllssu w uiA
course 10 be conpi,Sed w.,n,n t.ilo
Limit, Du. ia any .u,ns Like oe<ent pTeS-e snan Ca
peot iho Voiuii.eer ~ VIII.
Inc lhisUie was t0wed into the Erie Basin.
South DrooKiyn, AT v O'Clock. Carpenters were
alreaay busy IN putting the blocks III position In
iienuerson a. kOuDlns dug-out dock " receive
her. When the work was done tho
suice ways were opened and the dock
hlled. linen the Thistle was let IN and
when she had been adjusted in the right position
and braced with poles extending from anidships
each to the siues OF the aock, the gateway
was closed ana the steam pump began " eJecs
the water. 1t subsidized SLOW ", ana nve hundred
people waited patiently lor the anveiing OF the
Ihislles lines. When her bottom took the hrst
block, by noticing the water under ono
end OF the dock IL was ascertained that her draIS
was fourteen Ieet. Inch by inch the water eiS
her ana gradually revealed all that had previously
Leen hidden about her. those tnat waited thought
il we'll worth waiting for. She stood as in the
centre of arena, from the top oil which the
spectators coulo look down on her decks or by
descending the steps could study her proportions
under the water line. A better place 10 exhib
her could not have been selected. 1t astonsil-
ing how little her bottom was fouled. A. Cary
smith remarked with o sigh that he would liIlo
10 get some Of the composition that protects her
bottom for the new schooner that Inc has designed.
The Thistle will probably take to the water
again on Saturday.
II was not because Of Lack of patriotism that
fewer ueople assembled to gaze on the Volunteer
when she was hauled up on Iebocs dry dock at
Twenty -third-st., South Brooklyn, but because
there has never been any secret about the Volun-
teer's lines, and many have already seen them.
Still q goodly company was there to witness
something Of the final preparations Of the volnn-
teer for her battle with the Thistle. Men were
NJ vork on her sides all day with sand paper and
emery cloth. Inside carpenters were doing somc
aaxinpn 70 her trunk, and on deck other carpen-
ters altering the tsiirail 80 as to afford an
decks and get that far aft II is not yet
decided whether the Volunteer will be pot-eaded
or mot She will probably get on the dry dock
ON Monday. Both yachts were omciaiiy measured